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How a Bot Bought Dozens of RTX 3080 Units Before Consumers Could Grab Them – PCMag AU
Based on a tweeted image, the bot was able to help one reseller score 42 units of the RTX 3080 from Nvidia’s website before it went out of stock.
(Credit: Nvidia)
PC gamers everywhere tried and failed to buy Nvidias RTX 3080 graphics card today as units quickly sold out. But not everyone came up empty.
A group of resellers scored the RTX 3080 ahead of average consumers, thanks to an automated bot, which was capable of ordering dozens of units from Nvidias website instantly.
The resellers have been taking to social media to praise the bots creator, Bounce Alerts, a group devoted to helping its members score early access to retail prod…
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